Hat on Top, Coat Below

Long Before I Was Born

December 16, 2008

My mom drew this in 1934, when she was four, and I think it’s awesome, especially the no-armed floaty guy on the right there. Perhaps he is a jellyfish. Perhaps they are playing catch. Who is that on the left–someone I’m related to or a hat-wearing stranger? I don’t need to know the answers; I just enjoy thinking about the possibilities.